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Introduction to Computer Science

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Labs

1 .
Install Oracle Virtual Box on your laptop and deploy an image of an operating system in Virtual Box that makes it possible to use a different operating system on your laptop.
2 .
Create a Linux virtual machine on a cloud of your choice and install X2Go to access the virtual machine from your laptop. Explain how the OS and windowing system make all of this possible.
3 .
Write a program in a programming language of your choice and deploy it using the OS of your choice. Use a GNU compiler tool to compile and link your code and demonstrate how your program makes used of memory management (e.g., dynamic memory allocation).
4 .

Create a file system on a cloud of your choice and mount it as a drive on your computer. Perform some experiments with various applications of your choice to determine if the performance is acceptable. Experiment with the SaaS functionality provided on various big clouds as you work on this lab.

Examples with SaaS:

  • Office suites: Use SaaS offerings like Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 to create and edit documents. Observe the responsiveness of these services.
  • Development tools: Experiment with cloud-based IDEs like AWS Cloud9 or GitHub Codespaces to develop and run code. Pay attention to the execution speed and any latency in the development process.
  • Database management: Work with a cloud-based database service like Amazon RDS. Perform queries and updates to test performance.
  • Analytics: Utilize services like AWS QuickSight or Looker Studio to perform data analysis tasks. Evaluate the speed of data processing and visualization rendering.
5 .
Research the recovery features that are available on your computer’s OS and document what you would need to do in case of a system crash. Create a recovery disk as needed so that you are prepared for the worst.
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